put up the shutters

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1. (cricket) To bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible.
2. (of a business, figuratively) To close, either at the end of the day or permanently.

   Synonyms: close up shop, shut up shop

• “put up the shutters” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “put up the shutters”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “put up the shutters”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.